The 2026 IRS tax updates are here — and they’re the biggest shift in a decade. From new deduction limits to higher credits, here’s how your CFO or tax accountant should be preparing now to protect cashflow and optimize your tax strategy.

When Vinyl Equity started, founder Rob Schoder just wanted clean books. What he got was a growth partner. Ursa turned basic bookkeeping into a full-on fractional CFO relationship — handling fundraising, cash flow, and financial ops so Rob could get back to building. The result? More time, more trust, and a finance function built to scale.

The SALT deduction just got its biggest overhaul in years. The cap has jumped from $10,000 to $40,000, but high earners will see their benefit phase out. For business owners, this isn’t just tax trivia—it’s a shift that affects cashflow, planning, and entity strategy. Here’s what to expect next, and how fractional accounting services can help you navigate SALT deduction 2025 with confidence.

Tariffs are taxes that hit your landed cost, pricing, and cashflow. This five-move playbook shows small businesses how to map tariff exposure, diversify supply, run a 13-week cash engine, automate controls, and stay agile through legal whiplash—with help from outsourced accounting and a fractional CFO.

Most founders run startup finances on gut feel, but that’s a fast path to missed payrolls and shaky fundraising. This playbook shows you how to master accounting, forecasting, and controls, plus when to bring in help — so you can lead with clarity and confidence.

Finance and IT break together, and fixing one without the other never sticks. This guide shows how to align financial and IT back-office systems with fractional accounting, financial outsourcing, and smart IT practices to create clarity, control, and scalability.

Acquisition planning is not about pitch decks—it’s about financial discipline. This guide covers the technical steps to get deal-ready: GAAP compliance, reconciled accounts, normalized EBITDA, defensible forecasts, clean cap tables, operational controls, and a complete data room. The work you do now sets the value of your company later.

In fintech, one slip on taxes or compliance can tank your raise—or your business. This guide breaks down what founders need to know: from R&D credits and AML/KYC to licensing, data privacy, and ops infrastructure. Show up investor-ready, stay regulator-safe, and scale without blowing yourself up.

Investors don’t fund messy. They back clarity, consistency, and confidence. This founder-friendly prep kit breaks down the financial and operational moves you need to make before a fundraising round—so you’re not scrambling when VCs start asking tough questions.

Founders can’t do it all, and they shouldn’t try. From early chaos to late-stage scaling, the best startup teams lean on outsourced operations partners to bring clarity, speed, and strategic sanity. This isn’t about giving up control, it’s about building your Circle of Trust before the wheels come off.

M&A deals don’t fall apart in the boardroom—they unravel in the back office. From due diligence to post-close integration, outsourced accounting gives you the horsepower to pull off a clean, profitable transition. Here’s how smart founders use outsourced ops to skip the post-merger hangover and protect the value they just acquired.

You just raised a round—nice work. But before you coast, remember: the IRS doesn’t care how slick your pitch deck was. This guide breaks down what founders need to know about tax planning before and after the money hits the account. No fluff, just the moves that'll keep you out of hot water.

SOC 2 compliance is the new standard for startups targeting enterprise clients—but most companies make it harder than it needs to be. This guide walks through what SOC 2 is, how the audit works, and how to make it part of your growth strategy (not your burnout story).

Revenue is nice. Profit is exciting. But cash flow is how your business actually stays alive. This guide breaks down how money moves in and out of your company, how to track it without the jargon, and how to use it to make better budgeting and financial decisions as you grow.

 If you're a founder in tech, life sciences, or software, this one's for you. The One Big, Beautiful Bill just rewrote the tax playbook—restoring immediate R&D expensing, unlocking retroactive refunds, and putting serious cash back on the table. Here’s what changed, what it means, and how to take full advantage.

If you're scaling and don’t know where the money’s going, it’s a problem. This no-fluff guide shows how smart cost accounting turns chaos into clarity—and how startups like Hoofprint Biome use it to grow faster, stay compliant, and make smarter bets.

When you’re growing fast, the cracks start to show. Invoices slip. Forecasts fall apart. Founders burn out. This no-fluff guide breaks down how smart companies use outsourced partners to scale without the chaos—so nothing (and no one) breaks along the way.

Financial statements aren’t just for your accountant—they’re for you. Whether you’re raising money or just trying to make payroll, this no-BS guide breaks down the big three: your statement of financial position (aka balance sheet), income statement, and cash flow. No fluff, no finance degree required—just the clarity you need to run your business like a pro.

Startups move fast, and your financials need to keep up. If you're making big decisions with half-baked numbers or guessing your way through fundraising, it's time to bring in a fractional CFO. This is your guide to what they do, when to hire one, and how they keep your business scaling without the sticker shock of a full-time exec.

You’re a founder. You’re good at Excel. But that doesn’t mean you should be DIYing your books. From missed tax deductions to cash flow blind spots, the risks are real—and they’re costing you more than you think. In this guide, Ursa breaks down why startup bookkeeping is best left to the pros and how outsourcing can save you time, money, and a whole lot of stress.